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6 PAPAKURA COURIER, APRIL 6, 2011
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Petra gives up riding bike to work
By DAVID TAURANGA
The aftermath: Petra Trust has a broken eye socket and cheek
bone, a cut forehead which required stitching, plus scrapes and
bruises.
Dangerous intersection: Conifer Grove resident Petra Trust was either knocked off her bicycle or cut
off by a grey Holden Commodore at the intersection of Kerrs and Great South roads in Manurewa. The
crash happened on March 28, at around 8am.
Photo: DAVID TAURANGA
'
I enjoyed riding my bike to work, it was great exercise
and saved petrol but the crash has put me off. I'll never
ride my bike to work again.
'
-- Petra Trust
No matter how many times
Petra Trust relives the morn-
ing of March 28 there are five
minutes of her life she simply
cannot remember.
The gap in her memory is
because a car either hit her
bicycle or cut it off at the
intersection of Kerrs and
Great South roads in Manu-
rewa.
The Conifer Grove resident
came off her bike and
smashed her face on to the
footpath when the car failed
to see her and turned left into
Kerrs Rd.
She suffered a broken eye
socket and cheekbone and a
cut to her forehead. Head
injuries would have been
likely had she not been wear-
ing her helmet.
But what has rubbed salt
into her wounds was the fact
the driver of the car did not
stop after the accident.
I'm angry this person
couldn't even stop to see if I
was okay or apologise -- it is
just so irresponsible,'' she
says.
I enjoyed riding my bike to
work, it was great exercise
and saved petrol, but the
crash has put me off. I'll
never ride my bike to work
again.''
Mrs Trust says her usual
routine was to walk her bike
across that intersection
because the high volume of
morning traffic makes it par-
ticularly dangerous.
All she remembers is fall-
ing -- her next memory is of
waking up in an ambulance
on the way to Middlemore
Hospital.
As she lay on the road,
motorist Tracey Hainsworth
who saw the incident unfold
hopped out of her car and
helped Mrs Trust.
When I got to her she was
still lying on the ground and
there was no focus in her
eyes, she was pretty incoher-
ent,'' Ms Hainsworth says.
Another guy in the van in
front of me got out and
helped. Petra was trying to
move around and we just
tried to tell her to calm
down.''
Ms Hainsworth and the
unidentified man then stayed
with Petra until police and
the ambulance arrived.
Mrs Trust wants to thank
the two good Samaritans for
their help and comfort, say-
ing the world needs more
people like them in it''.
But she also has a message
for the driver of the vehicle
who caused her accident.
If you're driving and see a
cyclist have respect and give
them room. All we are doing
is trying to commute like
everyone else.
But for god's sake if you
hit a cyclist you just need to
stop.''
Police are looking for the
driver of a grey Holden
Commodore believed to have
been involved in the accident.
Call 268-5800 or Crimesto-
ppers on 0800-111-555 if you
have information.